Hey People.

I'm almost done here.. sorry, bout the no updates...i've just been absolutely wiped out the past two weeks and no creative juices flowing..i spent last week also in provencal..been promoted unofficially by the managers to asst. manager!!!! boy, i'm going nuts..last week was feria of nimes...and so we served close to 700 covers from thursday to sunday..friday night 130 and sunday after noon 120..busiest shifts... and now i'm working again at provencal with mathias from argentina for breakfast and midi.. i start at 6 a.m and finish at around 4 pm .. its tiring work.but i have good company - Audrey from vatel first year and Loic from vatel 2nd or 3 rd year i believe.. we had cecil who's just finished her degree here at vatel working as asst. mgr last two weeks..it was fun:-)

i miss the reception though..anywayz..ruth's coming to pick me up friday evening.. my bags are almost packed.. i missing this place already though i really want to get back..
Dad!!!! first demand..the day i get back i want to go for a massage..if not.. i'll have a totally disfunctional body!!!!!! my feet are hard, numb and aching like crazy!!!!! my arms..have built muscle i like to think..i hope i have..my abs i've lost em..ehhehee.. ;-)

And meera and anuchechi better have some yummy fish curry and pulao ready for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ehheheee...chach..go get some decent ice-cream for me please!!! and neema, bring my princess to me please!!! hehehe


Lovey'all
Arielle

Bonjour!!! Vatel Nimes; Arielle A Votre Service!!!

oh no!! oh dear!! thats what i've become a stuck record!! eheehhehee!!! yeah yeah i know one week in wellness reception now at hotel reception what else do you think would happen to me!! i'm doing the afternoon shift that is shift B ie shift from 15h to 23h!!! pretty boring!! and you know what all i hear is telephones ringing in my head!!!!!! i slept thru from 1 am last night all the way to 11 this morn cuz i kept waking up in the middle of the night!!!lol!!! anyways food at self was a lil better!! getting to know some of the french vatel students cuz they gotta work with me!! lil big girl cuz she's 19 years old and i'm 18 hehehee!! named fanny works with me!!! there're also a bunch of polish interns too!! pawel aka paul works with me too but all the time he has nothing to do cuz he dont speak french!!!!!! tmrw of all days renaud the receptionist is working the evening and i've my day off hehehehe!! no he's nice i prefer working with him to working with mariane!! but when renaud is around usually lasry is also around and he can be a bit of a pain!! alors!! i gotta go now!! closing time

ok.. i'm still alive.. don't worry !!! there was no net at vatel for the past one week!!!! the tunisians and ivoriennes left monday!!!! the whole place went quite.. the russians cried their eyes out!!!!! now the russians are gone too.... i miss them a lot.. but no matter the french are coming back by tomorrow... i worked at the wedding last saturday despite the fact i was pretty sick but God healed me while i was working:: we worked from four in the afternoon on saturday right till dawn on sunday morning... in between i had to work at provencal also cuz they were short staffed... imagine i was so beat and so was everybody else by the time we finished... sunday evening was the tunisians last night so everybody was up all night dancing in the corridors!!! cuz the self was not available anymore...

then monday morning they left: and at ten a.m i went to work at vatel wellness!!!! i hated it the first coupla days i did nothing and the silence was killing me and i missed everybody so much more especially everyone back home especially rahel!!!!

but as the week progressed i still hated it cuz i had to answer phone calls and do nothing all day.. when i thought things couldn't get any worse... my wisdom teeth decided to come out and now i can barely eat anything let alone open my mouth...

i called ruth torreilles and told her if she could come and pick me up friday evening and she did so now i'm at the home of David and Ruth Torreilles with their 5 kids Camille, Gabriel, Karl, Martin and frizzy haired Emanuelle!!!!! having a blast here!! they're really busy watching movies right now ... hehhehee !!! kids!!!! There was a petite soiree with some more of the youth of the fellowship here in Nimes!!!!
bland sandwiches, nice juice, yummy crepes, and ice cream!!!!

dint sleep that well at night though; too hot and martin kept making lots of noise at night.....i'm having a blast all the same this morning we watched the incredibles in french which is " les indestructables" hehehee

after a lunch of frites and bullseyes!! gotta go!! camille is back for the comp!!! lovey'all
Arielle

what's up everybody??


well, guess what... i'm having an awesome time here at VATEL ...working away..hehehe.. i'm a self proclaimed workaholic..hehehe..
yesterday and today i was made chef de rang..ie. head waiter..voila!!! and they said the indians were not gonna be made so!!!! why do they underestimate?? who knows and who cares???!!!! :D
i'm having a blast working with M. Lasky and M. Jean-Claude and M. Patrice!!!
well, thats whats up...we finished our shift at 11.30 last nite!! voila!!!
a miracle!!!hehheee

ciao bye bye
Arielle

salut!!!

ok lotsa catching up to do.. last friday we went to the city of Sete ... lovely important port city of South France. Me and Asad from Ramaiah, since we were told to explore the city on our own, we chose the least expensive mode of transport, it being our own two pairs of feet..ehhehee.. it was kinda like trekking.. we had 4 hrs to kill from the time we reached, as we decided to spend 15 euros to go on the sub sea explorer. The city of Sete is also the centre for the production of Oysters and scallops..and that was what the sub sea explorer was about!!! we thought that would be a nice experience. ... hmm...so we started our trek along the streets of Sete.. we went along the beaches and up rather steep hills and then down them... while we were trekking along the road along the seaside we found a lovely quite spot.. and since we had walked for nearly half an hour we decided to take a break there. We met a Grand mother named Sophie with her grandson Immanuel :-) . we exchanged pleasantries and i was telling them how different the seaside in kerala was..:-) big advantage for me to be able to speak to them in french:-) the french stick to their native language as much as possible.. disadvantage..they speak too fast for me..so i always need to tell them to slow down:-(

ok..where were we...we watch the pretty calm waves crashing on the rocks and spraying lovely foam everywhere..;-) and then we continued with our trek.. along the roads... finally we decided to take the road through Foret de Pierres Blanches ("Forest of White Stones")...it was the steepest hill i ever had to climb..we had stop about 3 or 4 times :-)...finally we reached the top..saw the board saying forest of white stones and began our descent.hehehe..
the view!!!! was stunning.. beach the oyster beds..etc. etc.

then we went on the sub sea explorer..the water was darn murky cuz the temperatures had reached so high.. that there was algae everywhere..and we din't get to see any of the oysters cuz they'd all pretty much died.. we saw lots of dead scallops..hehehe.

but the view was now from the middle of the mediterranean sea!!!! it was beautiful..spotless blue sky...lovely sun and cool breeze and a light sea spray =)

we came back it was a lovely time.. only thing the party that friday night was cancelled!!!! cuz the neighbors complained we made too much noise..

weekend was BORING!!!!!!! the others went to Marseilles.hehe..
anwayz...started work today but there were 29 interns in the restaurant so no morning shift for me..back to provencal at 645..and there's a long queue here now..so ciao ciao..

love y'all
miss y'all
Arielle

what's up y'all??

heehehhe.. got bored of saying hey everybody!! hehhee.. well, here i am again on amine's laptop..blogging away and chatting with maria byler:-) i start work again at the restaurant provencal on monday!!!!! oh boy!!! gonna be working break shifts now.. got a nice splitting headache right now actually..but can't go to sleep cuz all my group mates are so typically indian ....ils font beaucoup de bruit!!! i.e. they're making too much noise.. so i'm up here..ehhehee..
its nice actually, cuz i can come and work on the laptop while he gets ready for his midnight walk with some friends...hehehe.. after work that is..

hmm...what else...oh today we had our final test!!! it was sooo easy..it was on wines and a french exam too...wow!!! it was good.. and then best part wine and cheese tasting session..

had a Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and a Muscat!!! St Jean D'OC chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon..they're young, white and red wines respectively. they're not of the highest quality though!!! they were Vin de Pays D'oc.
The Muscat was a sweet wine called Muscat de Lunel... today when i went by bus to city centre i saw a board directing to Lunel..hehehe..there are lotsa vineyards in this region.. Nimes is part of the Cote du Rhone.. Where we went on sunday, St. Marie de la Mer, is actually the delta of the Rhone, i.e distributaries Petit Rhone and Grand Rhone. and Camargue is what the region is called with lots of white horses..and apparently the others saw lots of flamingoes ..but i din't...but i did get a postcard with pictures of the flamingoes, horses and buffaloes!! hehehe..

I got so high today on the wine that i almost couldn't stand..even though i was eating the cheese and the bread in between !!! can you imagine that?? the chardonnay was nice ..but the cab sauv was awful and the muscat was just more than honey sweet!!!! We had three cheeses too.. the first one was Pelardin, a goat cheese of AOC standard from the region of Nimes, and then a Brie also of AOC std. and a blue cheese..boy i keep forgetting the name!! it was quite a difficult name to remember.. hehhee..
i liked em..dad, i think i'm getting the hang of this cheese stuff..hehehe..i'll bring back some!!! hehehhe..
hmm...what else then i spent the evening in city centre.. wandered around and had dinner there..something different from the usual self stuff..ok.amine says i've got 4 mins left..so i'm off...ciao..

lovey'all
Arielle

Hey Everybody!!!!

Yeah yeah i knw: long time ... sorry can't be helped because amine's comp let me down so my last update got messed up and i can't even remember what i put up that day.. i had put up lots of stuff:: anyway here's the latest: you'll have to bear with the colons in between and the spelling mistakes cuz i have very little time on willy's comp... and i've gotta finish uploading the pics today!!!! it's on ringo: all on my ringo list check it out: i'll put up the link at the end of this hoping it works::
we went to the beach Saintes Marie De la Mer on sunday afternoon it was fun except on our way back i had an embarrassing fall::hehee typically me.. we got to see white horses; and vineyards and i think peach orchards
i'm just putting up the rest of the pics now!!! we had class again today..finished about Bordeaux and Champagne on friday we had finished about Burgundy and Beaujolais::: oh yes; last update was about the wine and cheese tasting session we're going to have after our test

it's back to work for us next week: tomorrow is a holiday here.. :D ... hmmm what else.. seems like the self food is getting better.. heehehee.. the tunisians are leaving the week after:.. yeah and i'be been dancing at every party :D but i think my right leg has had enuf after two alternate nights: so i being a good girl and resting a lot:D
my arm's acting up again but it's ok i came prepared for it ... hehehhee

ok.. that's it for now.. update me plz:: it's too quite out here::
lovey'all
Arielle